I recall it being a lot better than the books he was really enjoying.So I thought I'd get him into Forgotten Realms / D&D world of thing and then give him Baldur's Gate 1 for his birthday as well since he said he loves RPG games, but has only found Final Fantasy and a few others, but hasn't found anything with more depth and story so of course: Baldur's Gate.EDIT: I am also having trouble finding the trilogy in paper back.It seems all I can locate are hard cover for over $10 a book, I was really hoping this would be in the $5 to $7 paperback bin by now, and maybe $15 for all three paperbacks.EDIT2: What is the violence level?I think I recall Wulfgar killing someone with his bare hands? Crushing an opponent’s skull or something?I recall that being the most 'gruesome' but I don't think it was sickeningly so, I think he just said he pressed until he felt his opponents bones snap and dropped his lifeless body to the floor. and really enjoys them they are just written like total crap.Granted maybe this books sucks too, I read it when I was in middle school but still. not worth going into but I don't want to give the kid a book with sex in it)The reason I want to give him this book is he is reading some series of books about wizards, warriors, etc. but I don't recall Crystal Shard having any real mention of sex.(The 13 year old's parents are NOT fans of sexual content. Was there any graphic sex in the book? I recall Drizzt's dark elves books having a few parts about sex with the dark elf mistresses or something. (It was renumbered I guess to center around Drizzt's life/story?)2. What is the proper order of titles in The Crystal Shard series. Anyway, I recall it being about several people that were after the Crystal Shard.A warrior, a girl named Cattibree or something (not spelling that right).Also Drizzt was in there somewhere, but I thought he was a popular character and then books about him came out later.So anyway two questions:1. I recall reading this when I was in middle school I think.

The crystal shard trilogy